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Mitchell deJong's life of racing gallery

Mitchell deJong just turned 16 and doesn't have a driver's license, but he's been tearing it up in off-road racing and won a silver medal this year at X Games Los Angeles in the RallyCross Lites. Browse through our photo gallery for a look at deJong's budding racing career.

Shelley deJong says her son Mitchell took every opportunity to climb into their sand car and pretend he was driving. At 1 1/2 he already knew exactly what to do with the pedal and steering wheel, she says, adding "he just needed to grow some legs."

DeJong tries get past Sebastian Eriksson, right, on the inside of a hairpin turn at X Games Los Angeles this summer. "When I first saw RallyCross debut at X Games I knew right away I wanted to do that," deJong says. "I just never thought it would be a reality."

Mitchell deJong just turned 16 and doesn't have a driver's license, but he's been tearing it up in off-road racing and won a silver medal this year at X Games Los Angeles in the RallyCross Lites. Browse through our photo gallery for a look at deJong's budding racing career.

Shelley deJong says her son Mitchell took every opportunity to climb into their sand car and pretend he was driving. At 1 1/2 he already knew exactly what to do with the pedal and steering wheel, she says, adding "he just needed to grow some legs."

DeJong tries get past Sebastian Eriksson, right, on the inside of a hairpin turn at X Games Los Angeles this summer. "When I first saw RallyCross debut at X Games I knew right away I wanted to do that," deJong says. "I just never thought it would be a reality."